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Shoulder blade
The familiar flat triangular bone at the back of the shoulder. Known familiarly as the wingbone or, medically, as the scapula. The word 'scapula' (with the accent on the first syllable) is Latin. The Romans always employed the plural…
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- Arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase See:AANAT
- Ablate To remove. A tumor may be ablated. To ablate the thyroid gland is to remove it. The word 'ablation' came from…
- Disease, autoimmune See Autoimmune disease
- Disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes See Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
- Disease, Lou Gehrig Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a classic motor neuron disease. Motor neuron diseases are progressive…
- Occlusion The act of occluding. See: Occlude
- Bogorad's syndrome Named after the Russian neuropathologist who described the syndrome of crocodile tears. See: Crocodile tears…
- Connexin A subunit of connexon, a protein that forms a gap junction, a channel that permits ions and small molecules…
- Exercise treadmill test A test (sometimes simply called a treadmill test or exercise test) in which a continuous electrocardiogram…
- World Health Organization An agency of the United Nations established in 1948 to further international cooperation in improving health…